DOES OUR WORLD REALLY SATISFY?

  • Each day we go through a number of emotions, below is a few relevant bible quotes that might help focus our minds

  • Anxiety:
    • “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV)
    • “Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 (ESV)
    • “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” – Matthew 6:25-27 (ESV)
  • Anger:
    • “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.” – Ephesians 4:26-27 (ESV)
    • “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” – Proverbs 15:1 (ESV)
    • “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” – James 1:19-20 (ESV)
  • Gratitude:
    • “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (ESV)
    • “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!” – Psalm 100:4 (ESV)
    • “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!” – 1 Chronicles 16:34 (ESV)
  • Love:
    • “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
    • “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” – 1 John 4:7 (ESV)
    • “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” – John 13:34 (NIV)
    • “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.  Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (ESV)
  • Confidence:
    • “Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” – Hebrews 4:16 (NASB)
    • “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9 (ESV)
    • “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” – Psalm 27:1 (ESV)
  • Peace:
    • “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” – John 14:27 (ESV)
    • “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:7 (ESV)
    • “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.” – Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
  • Contentment:
    • “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” – 1 Timothy 6:6 (ESV)
    • “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.'” – Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)
    • “I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” – Philippians 4:11 (ESV)
  • Awe/Wonder:
    • “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.” – Psalm 145:3 (ESV)
    • “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” – Psalm 8:3-4 (ESV)
    • “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” – Psalm 19:1 (ESV)
  • Joy:
    • “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” – Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
    • “And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10b (ESV)
    • “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV)